Ban sale of sub-standard rice : DCs told
The Assam Government today sent a wireless message to all deputy commissioners and subdivisional officers to put a ban on the sale of 'Under Relaxed Specification'(URS) rice in the open market
The Assam Government today sent a wireless message to all deputy commissioners and subdivisional officers to put a ban on the sale of 'Under Relaxed Specification'(URS) rice in the open market
The American soybean association (ASA), a non-commercial organisation promoted by the soybean cultivators of the US is launching a generic promotion of soybean in India through television channels in
China's grain traders expect more business following their country's World Trade Organisation entry as it promises to pry open the government's tight grip on imports of crops like
Indonesia's agriculture minister said yesterday the government would proceed with the planting of genetically modified (GM) cotton in South Sulawesi despite strong opposition.
Gopalnagar - this small town has been the hotbed of activities for a slow and silent revolution in the Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh for many years now. The establishment of Integrated
The Union Minister for Steel, Mr B.K. Tripathy, dedicated 5.05 tonne community steel silos to the people of Nuagaon and Bidyadharpur of Satyabadi Block in Puri district of Orissa on Monday to save
A dreaded weed perks up the depressed economy of a hill village.Considered among the 10 worst weeds in the world, Lantana camara seemed to have overrun Lachhiwala village, 24 km from state capital
Ever since 18th century British economist Thomas Malthus raised the spectre of a rapidly growing population ultimately descending into mass starvation, China has looked as though it might put the
The Bush administration gave its support yesterday to "green" payments to farmers who practice land, water and wildlife stewardship, adding momentum for a historic shift in U.S. farm supports.
Breeds of farm animal are dying out and types of plant disappearing at an alarming rate, threatening long-term food security and depriving the world of their ability to resist disease and harsh
Hearing a petition filed by the People's Union for Civil Liberties on August 20, the Supreme Court wondered aloud about the utility of stocks piling up in the warehouses of the Food Corporation of
The Karnataka High Court has ordered issuance of notices to the State and Union Governments and others on a writ petition, seeking strict compliance with Article 48 of the constitution with regard to
The efforts to promote dairy farming in Himachal Pradesh has yielded god results with the milk production registering a three-fold increase over the past two decades. The productivity of the
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the United Kingdom have agreed on a major initiative for the poor in developing countries, FAO said in a statement. The goal of the initiative is to
Iraqi grain authorities have "raised objections" to a wheat shipment from Pakistan on quality issues, Pakistani government sources and traders said on Tuesday. "Iraq has raised objections, saying
The Bush administration has released a new long term farm policy, which includes new emphasis on conservation, environmental protection and support for alternative fuels. The new agriculture policy
Milkweeds growing in cornfields sometimes support monarch butterfly larvae at the same time the corn is shedding its pollen, according to a survey of cornfields in the Midwest, Maryland and Ontario.
Eight new projects - ranging from an analysis of non-chemical methods to control a rice pest to creating a food security council to revitalize West Oakland - have been granted a total of $156,431 by
The question that how Pakistan will meet the challenge of the free market, especially in the field of cotton, the mainstay of the country's economy, is looming large in the backdrop of the fact that
The Union Government plans to regulate imports of Genetically-modified (GM) agricultural products due to concerns about their effects on health and the environment, a top official said. Traders may